Once seized, using criminal or civil law procedures, these assets should be re-used for social purposes, they propose. To protect the EU's financial interests, it is vital to attack organised crime's assets more effectively, say MEPs, who advocate abolishing banking secrecy and eliminating EU tax havens to this end. All judgments of this kind should be immediately enforceable in all member states, they add. MEPs want people who are convicted by a final judgment of organised crime, corruption or money laundering to be excluded from bidding for any public procurement contract anywhere in the EU and barred from running for or holding any public office. Now it is up to Member States to follow up and bring forward the measures we are proposing here" said Salvatore Iacolino, who drafted the final proposals, approved with 29 votes in favour, none against and 8 abstentions. Today we approved a European framework to fight a European problem. "We need to stand united in the fight against mafias.
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